Devotion - January 21, 2015 Daily devotion from Isaiah 49:6. See series: Devotions Devotion - January 21, 2015 The LORD says, It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth. Isaiah 49:6 Jesus is our humble servant Would you enjoy work as a servant? Most of us would choose a job in which we have some authority and privilege rather than submission and humble service. What did Jesus choose? What did his Father choose for him? It was submission and humble service for Jesus instead of authority and privilege. He willingly took up the station designated in Isaiah’s prophecy: the servant of the LORD. Isaiah chapter 49 marks a new emphasis in that book of prophecy. Whereas earlier chapters focused on Gods deliverance of Israel from Babylonian captivity, this part focuses on the spiritual deliverance of Gods people through the Servant of the LORD. Here we find the servant of the LORD, fully equipped and competent to deliver Israel. Jesus kept this word of prophecy in his humble service to free us from the guilt of sin and curse of eternal death. He explained, The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as the ransom for many (Mark 10:45). He did this not just for the people of Israel (too small a thing) but also for you and me, for the entire world. He served in the lowliest way, bearing the burden of all sinners on his cross to restore us to life with God forever. Praise to you, Savior Jesus, for coming to be our humble Servant and bringing us the light of salvation! Prayer: Dear Jesus, make me aware each day of the humble service you offered me to rescue me from my sin. Fill me with the light of your salvation. Amen. Todays Devotion is brought to you by WELS and WhatAboutJesus. Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.
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